Container



' Oct. 27, 1925.

1,559,013 0. E. SMITH CONTAINER FiledAp ril 28. 1925 20 j w g a .To all whom it may concern:

Patented Oct. 27, 192 5.

PATENr o FFICE;

ORA n'sivu'rmor' SALEM, ILLINOIS.

' CONTAINER.

Application filed April 28, 1925. Serial No. 26,452. Y

Be it known that I, ORA TEL-SMITH, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, 1n the countyof Mar on and State of -I1l1no1s, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers, ofwhich the following is a' specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to containers and more particularly to a bottle or jar adapted to contain poison in either liquid, powder or tablet form.

An important object of the invention is to provide a container of this character in which the shape of the container is varied considerably from the ordinary bottle or jar and in which the cap or stopper construction is such that a further warning is given of the unusual nature of the structure which is being handled. i

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a neck soconstructed that any portion of the contents which may run down the outer surface of the neck are prevented from passing downwardly upon the neck to the bottle where they may come into contact with the hands of the user.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a construction such that the contents so checked are collected and by the application of the cap, sealed from the air so that they are not wasted and may be employed the next time that thebottle is used.

These and other objects I attain the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention; I

Figure 2 is'a vertical sectional view taken through the neck and cap. of the bottle; and

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

' Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 generally designates the body of a container elliptical in both horizontal and vertical cross section.

The bottom 11 of the receptacle is flattened so as to provide a seating surface for the receptacle andthe ends thereof are rounded,

flaring neck 13, the. upper end of which is adapted interiorly, as at 14, for the reception of a ground stopper 15. f ,7

Upon the outer surface of the neck, an annular flange formed 'integrally with the neck andindicated at16 extends upwardly and outwardly from the neck. .At itsupper end, the, outer ,surfacee of this flange. is threaded, as at. 17, and the upper face thereof is formed to provide a seatsl8having an internally arranged upwardly directed flange 19, the inner face of which is spaced from the outer wall of the bottle neck 15. Mounted upon the seat 18 and held in position by the rim flange 19 is agasket 20.

The stopper is secured to and forms apart of a glass cap 21 having a depending flange 22 fitting aboutthe upper portion of the neck of the bottle and the upper end of the flange 19. The lower end of the cap flange is provided with an outwardly extending flange 23, the lower surface of which is adapted to engage against the gasket 20. The outer surface of the cap flange 22 immediately above the outwardly extending flange 23 is formed with a groove 24 inwhich is rotatably engaged the inner edge of a metal rim 25 having a"depending threaded flange 26 for engagement with the threads upon the outer upper end of the flange l6. i I

It will be. obvious that the threaded en gagement between the metal rim and the flange 16 will'permit the stopper 15 to be seated without rotation of the stopper and will at the same time bring the flange; 2%

"of the cap firmlyinto engagement with the gasket tov seal against the adn'iission of air at th s point. lVhen the cap is removed and the contents of the bottle are being poured,

any of these contents which might cling to tne cover is again placed in position. This fluid collected upon the outer surface of the neck cannot come into engagement with anything but glass or the gasket 25 regardless of whether the bottle is inverted or not, 7

thus destruction of the metal portion of the cap by strong acids is avoided and likewise contact with such acids or other poisons with the hands is avoided.- The outer sur face of the container may be provided with suitable poison indicia and the glass cap 21 may be Vertically cast therewith and extending upwardly therefrom is a skull and crossbones 28 which, coming into contactwith the hand as the cap is removed, will provide a warning that the bottle employed is not of the ordinary character.

Since the structure herei-nbefore set forth is obviously capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of my iiwention, I do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim A glass container having a neck provided with an annular flange extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom inspaced relation to the upper end of the neck, the upper end of said flange being formed to provide a seat, the outer face of the flange being threaded, a cap for the neck including a sealing element for the upper end of the neck and a depending flange having at its lower end a horizontal flange confronting the upper end of the first named flange, a gasket disposed upon the upper end of the first named flange, a metallic cap rotatably engaged with the first named cap and having threads for engagement with the flange of the bottle neck, the flange of the bottle neck having an integral upwardly extending flange at the upper end thereof fitting within the depending flange of the cap for the neck.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

ORA E. SMITH. 

